How to add pdf to pdf

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How can I combine PDF files for free?

1 Choose files to Merge

Choose file: drag and drop to upload documents directly from your computer, or upload files from a cloud storage service like Google Drive or Dropbox.

2 Adjust order of files

Our Merge PDF tool is the solution for users looking to merge multiple files into a single PDF document. Once files have been uploaded to our system, change the order of your PDF documents.

3 Send file by Email

Once you merge PDFs, you can send them directly to your email or download the file to your computer and view directly in your browser.

How Do You Merge PDF Files Explained

When you add multiple files together, you maintain the size and orientation of all the pages within the original files. Using our PDF combiner and PDF joiner does not prevent you from making alterations to the document, if required, such as changing the order of the pages of your PDF. Before or after merging two PDFs or more, you can use our Split tool to remove any pages within your original documents that you don’t need in the final PDF.

Learn more about merging files

Batch Import

With our free & secure online tool, there’s no limit to how many files you can add, or drop, at a time. Batch import allows you to combine multiple files at once. Convert to PDF or convert from PDF, the merging is entirely up to you!

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How to Merge PDF Files

How to combine PDF files

Below we show how to combine multiple PDF files into a single document.

Upload your files

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Click ‘Upload’ and select files from your local computer.

Dragging and dropping files to the page also works.

Dropbox or Google Drive files

You can pick PDF files from Dropbox or Google Drive too.

Expand the ‘Upload’ dropdown and select your files.

Reorder your files

Drag and drop the files to change the merge order. Use the sort buttons to sort alphabetically on filenames ‘A-Z’ or ‘Z-A’

Double sided printing

Files with even number of pages break double sided printing of the merged PDF file.

To print well double sided, a blank page can be inserted at the end of files with even pages.

Select the ‘Double sided printing’ option.

Generate bookmarks or outline

You can customize how the PDF file outline will be merged. There are 4 scenarios to choose from:

How to add filenames to page footer

You would like each page from the merged PDF file to have the original filename in the footer.

Click ‘More options’, then select the ‘Add filename to page footer’ option.

Generate Table of Contents

You would like to have the first page as a Table of Contents, with clickable links that navigate easily to the starting page of each merged file.

You can choose between using the filenames or the document titles in the Table of Contents.

Click ‘More options’, then select the ‘Based on file names’ or ‘Based on document titles’ options in the ‘Table of Contents’ section.

Flatten Form Fields

Your PDF files contain form fields. You’d like to flatten them so the filled in values remain visible in the document but the fields are no longer editable.

Click ‘More options’, then select the ‘Flatten’ option in ‘Form Fields’ section.

If more of your merged files contain PDF forms, then you might be interested in either merging the form fields or discarding the fields completely from the result. Both options are available, including a merge flavour which preserves duplicate fields by renaming them.

Reordering or alternating pages

Want mixed pages that alternate between the two files? See Alternate & Mix PDF

Download results

Click ‘Download’ to save the merged PDF file to your computer.

Save to dropbox

You can save the merged file to Dropbox. Choose ‘Save to Dropbox’ under the ‘Download’ button

Add and organize pages in a PDF

Learn how to add, replace, rotate, delete, and move pages in a PDF using Adobe Acrobat.

What you’ll need

Open a PDF and select the Organize Pages tool

Open the organize_start.pdf sample file in Acrobat, or open your own multi-page PDF document.

In the right pane, select the Organize Pages tool.

Note: If the right pane is collapsed, you can click the small arrow on the far right to expand it.

Replace a page

You may want to replace a page with a new or different version than the page that’s currently part of the PDF. Start by clicking the page 2 thumbnail of the organize_start.pdf sample file to select it as the page to replace.

Note: Acrobat converts the Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file to PDF when it adds it to the document.

Rotate a page

Your document may be a combination of pages in both landscape and portrait orientation. You can adjust the rotation on any of the pages as necessary.

Delete a page

Use the Delete Pages option to remove unwanted pages from the final PDF.

Add a new page from an existing file

You can add pages to your document while working in the thumbnail preview.

Reposition pages

Specify a range of pages to reorder them in the document.

Create a new PDF from several pages

You can create a document from the pages in a PDF without removing the pages from the source document.

Notice that the boxes for Delete Pages after extracting and Extract pages as separate files are NOT checked; this will generate a single new PDF file (instead of one new file for every page), and will leave the original document intact.

Save the new file

Acrobat creates a new document when you extract pages from a PDF. Select File > Save As to save the newly created file.

You now have two separate documents. Your new PDF contains only the pages you selected and extracted from the original file, and that original file is still intact for whenever you need to access the full document. Learn more about adding and manipulating pages in a PDF.

Add Pages to PDF Files and Combine PDF Pages Online for Free

October 8, 2021 by Hung Nguyen

No watermarks or size limit—just a simple and easy-to-use online tool to add pages to your PDF files for free.

Do you need to add one page from a PDF file to another? Or do you need to combine multiple pages of many PDF files into one? Either way, we’ve got you covered. Check out how to add pages to a PDF below.

How To Add Pages to a PDF

First, access the Merge PDF tool.

Add the files to combine into one.

Click “Merge PDF,” let Smallpdf put them together.

Download your converted file. This process should take no longer than a few seconds!

Add pages to PDF files with Smallpdf.

How To Add Only One Page of a PDF to Another File

Or you can also add only one page to a PDF file if you’d like.

Add Pages to PDF Files Offline—How?

Our beloved online processing tools are convenient to use as you don’t have to sign up or install anything. However, if you‘re ever on the go without an internet connection and need to add pages to your PDF files offline, do check out the Smallpdf Desktop App, which can help you do this.

Now, onto the instructions for you to add pages to PDF files offline:

How to add pages to PDF offline.

You can also add a new PDF by right clicking on a specific page, selecting “Insert,” and then “Insert PDF.” Or, you can select “Insert blank page after” which will add a blank page to the document. With either method, you can rotate, delete, or rearrange the pages in any way you’d like.

Aside From Adding Pages to PDFs, What Else Can I Do?

We have over 20 useful PDF tools for you to use, depending on your needs. These include:

Is Smallpdf Free to Use?

Our online site can be used free of charge, for anyone to add pages to PDF files, plus all of our other tools, with some limitations. A Pro subscription gives you access to all Smallpdf features, such as the option to use the desktop app, and you can get a free Pro subscription trial to try out everything we have to offer.

And that’s an end to another edition of our how-to articles. Hope we could be of help to you and your PDF needs. Until next time!

Combine or merge files into single PDF

Combine two or more files into a single PDF in the office or on the go. Drag and drop thumbnails to arrange pages in the right order from your computer or any web browser.

Create merged PDFs

Use the Combine Files tool to merge Word, Excel, PowerPoint, audio, or video files, web pages, or existing PDFs. Acrobat lets you preview and arrange the documents and pages before creating the file. You can delete unwanted pages and move individual pages from a document anywhere among the pages being combined. Acrobat converts the pages of the various files into sequential pages of a single PDF.

In Acrobat, choose Tools > Combine Files. The Combine Files interface is displayed with the toolbar at the top.

Drag files or emails directly into the Combine Files interface. Alternatively, choose an option from the Add Files menu. You can add a folder of files, a web page, any currently open files, items in the clipboard, pages from a scanner, an email, or a file you combined previously (Reuse Files).

If you add a folder that contains files other than PDFs, the non-PDF files are not added.

In the Thumbnail view, drag-and-drop the file or page into position. As you drag, a blue bar moves between pages or documents to indicate the current position.

Expand pages or Collapse Document

In the List view, click the column name that you want to sort by. Click again to sort in reverse order. The order of files in the list reflects the order of the files in the combined PDF. Sorting rearranges the pages of the combined PDF.

Move files up or down file list

In the List view, select the file or files you want to move. Then click the Move Up or Move Down button.

Click Options, and select one of the file size options for the converted file:

Smaller File Size

Reduces large images to screen resolution and compresses the images by using low-quality JPEG. This option is suitable for onscreen display, email, and the Internet.

Note: If any of the source files are already PDFs, the Smaller File Size option applies the Reduce File Size feature to those files. The Reduce File Size feature is not applied if either the Default File Size or Larger File Size option is selected.

Default File Size

Create PDFs suitable for reliable viewing and printing of business documents. The PDF files in the list retain their original file size and quality.

Larger File Size

Creates PDFs suitable for printing on desktop printers. Applies the High Quality Print conversion preset and the PDF files in the list retain the original file size and quality.

This option may result in a larger file size for the final PDF.

In the Options dialog box, specify the conversion settings as needed, then click OK.

When you have finished arranging the pages, click Combine.

A status dialog box shows the progress of the file conversions. Some source applications start and close automatically.

Insert one PDF into another

Choose Tools > Organize Pages. The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar.

In the secondary toolbar, choose Insert > From File.

Alternatively, you can right-click a page and select Insert Pages to get the insert options.

Select the PDF you want to insert and click Open.

In the Insert Pages dialog box, specify where to insert the document (before or after the first or last page, or a designated page). Click OK.

To leave the original PDF intact as a separate file, choose Save As, and type a new name for the merged PDF.

You can also add an existing file to an opened PDF. Drag the file icon directly into the Page Thumbnails panel in the navigation pane.

Add a custom page to a PDF

You can add a custom page to your PDF using the integrated Adobe Express app, which offers thousands of templates to choose from while combining files in Acrobat.

Open the PDF in Acrobat and click Combine Files in the right pane.

On the Combine Files toolbar, click Add Custom Page.

A new window opens with page editing options powered by Adobe Express.

Choose the template you want to use for your new page, and use the editing controls to change any colors or text to your liking.

Once you have finished customizing the page, click Add to add the page to the PDF.

The page is added to the PDF. You can drag the added page to the desired position in the PDF.

Click Edit if you want to make additional changes to your new page. The editing panel opens. Click Save when you’ve finished. The updates appear in the PDF.

Once you save your PDF, you can’t edit the added page by opening the Adobe Express app from Acrobat.

Click Combine and save the PDF. This will finalize the changes on your new page, and you won’t have access to the Edit option on that page going forward.

Insert a clipboard selection into a PDF (Windows)

You can insert one or more pages of selected content copied from any application into an existing PDF.

Open the document containing the content that you want to add. Select the content, and then copy the selection (in most applications, by choosing Edit > Copy File To Clipboard ).

Choose Tools > Organize Pages. The Organize Pages toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar.

Alternatively, you can also right-click a page and select Insert Pages to get the insert options.

In the Insert Pages dialog box, specify where to insert the selection (before or after the first or last page, or a designated page). Click OK.

Insert a web page or a blank page into a PDF

You can insert a web page into an existing PDF by choosing Tools > Organize Pages > Insert > From Web Page. In the dialog box that appears, enter the URL of the page that you want to add.

You can also add a blank page to your PDF document by:

In the Insert Pages dialog box, specify the location where you want to add the blank page.

Placing PDFs as linked files in other documents

You can incorporate PDFs into other types of files that support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), such as InDesign® or Word files. These files are called OLE container documents. Later, if you edit the original PDF, the OLE features in the container application updates the embedded file in the container document, to reflect your changes.

Choose the OLE container application’s Insert Object command or Insert Hyperlink command.